Ribby the cat writes to invite Duchess, a little dog, to tea, promising a pie baked in a dish with a pink rim. Duchess is sure the pie will be mouse, which she cannot bear to eat, so she hatches a secret plan to swap it for a veal-and-ham pie of her own. Village manners, polite fibs and an unsuspected patty-pan do the rest.
One of Potter’s funniest small books, first published in 1905, a social comedy that adults enjoy as much as children. Download the free EPUB.